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Shengmin Chen (陈圣民)

3×3 · top 80.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017CHES13

Shengmin Chen (陈圣民) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 43.32, set at Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019, puts him in the top 80.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,104th in China. Across 3 competitions since November 2017, he has put 29 official solves on the record across two events. His 2×2 best has come down from 20.55 in November 2017 to 14.26, a 31% improvement. Shengmin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 80.5% of 284,439 all-time
43.32
signature single · Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×343.3253.65
top 80.5%23,104 / 28,153
2×214.2616.53
top 89.3%14,208 / 15,796

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Zhongshan Open 2017: 20.55Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2018: 26.23Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019: 14.2614.2626.234 Nov 20171 Jun 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 3.32 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 2.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.